Whitney's Media Blog Candidate Number:: Evaluation of Character and Costumes used in the Main Task

These are the costumes that we ended up using for each character in the edit of the film.

Karly played by Whitney McKernan

Karly's full costume

We decided to use dark black skinny jeans and the top half of the costume lighter colours as it then keeps the audiences focus on the body language of the upper half of the character.

Karly's hair and make-up

We decided to leave the hair down as it would look more effective when the character was running as it would show the speed and pace of the piece when it was free and windswept.
We also decided to use a bright purple eyeshadow to show that her character was a bright and loud person. It also helps to show that this is the main character as the other girl character has very naturalistic and plain make-up.

Karly - top half of costume.

We used a blazer and a pashmina scarf to keep in with todays fashion and to show the time zone of the piece and also to show that this charcter is up to date with things such as fashion and the sort of style and personality she has.
We also used a statement teeshirt to show her personality. Idealy i would of been running without a jacket and just a teeshirt like before but it was too cold and raining to continue filming without it.

Karly's costume - attention to detail.

We used these badges to show Karly’s personalty and outlook on life even though it is a tiny detail.
Karly’s character is very outspoken and individual. She makes her own views on life and has her own style.

Karly - Footware

Again footware is also a minor attention to detail but as we shot many shots from ground level just showing the feet we felt it was important to make each charcters footware different so it would help the audience to know which character was which without seeing the upper half of their bodies.
Karly’s footware is plain plimsoles but with bright neon colours to show that she considers every part of her to show who she is to the outside world.

Dannii played by Lauren Kirby

Dannii - Full Costume

We kept the clothing and make-up of this charcter quite plain to help show the status of the charchters and to show the audience to which charcter their focus should be on.

Dannii - Hair and Mke-up

We left the charcters hair down at the beginning of the film and towards the end put her with a hood up. This was to help show that the weather had changed and become colder.
We kept the makeup of this charchter quite plain to show that she was more of a follower in the friendship between her and karly rather than the leader.

Danni - Top half of costume

Due to the weather on the day of filming the actor playing this charcter had to keep her hoody on to keep warm whilst filming. We decided though that this actually helped add effect to the piece as she was wearing dark jeans and a bright purple hoody which helped keep focus on the upper half of her body.

Dannii - Footware

Dannii’s footware is quite distinctive to show that she follows todays fashion rather than alternative fashion.

Sam played by Nik Jones

Sam - Full Costume

For sam we decided that he would also be more into alternative fashion like his girlfriend karly.

Sam - Hair

We decided to keep Sam’s hair natural and wavy like the actors natural hair. This would show contrast to the killer as he has short and straight styled hair.

Sam - Top Half of Costume

Sam’s top half of the costume is quite dark as with this charchter we focused more on filming the bottom half of him so his trousers were of a brighter colour to show the focus. We kept the top half patterened though to still show the type of fahion he followed.

Sam - Footware

Although this footware doesn't entirely fit with type of style we were going for for this chrachter, we felt it important that the actor wore comfortable footware as he would be featured in most of the running shots. also with the bright colours it helps to focus the audience in.

Simon played by Kevin Smibert

Simon - Full Costume

We decided to keep this character in completely dark clothing to make him seem more scary and to build tension.

Simon - Hair

We decided to have simon’s hair styled and gelled but we also kept his hood up till the end to hide his identity. Also by having it styled and by having him wear a chain it showed that he was from a different stereo type from the other charcters.

Simon - Top Half of Costume

We had him wearing a sports jacket which was black to show what sterotype he was from and that he was different from the other characters.

Simon - Attention to Detail

We had him wearing gloves to show that he had thought through this plan and he wouldnt leave any DNA. it also makes the character seem more terrifying as most of skin apart from the bottom half of his face is covered.